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Bill: Appointment of religious ministers
Details
Submitted by[?]: People's Party of Rutania
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: November 2817
Description[?]:
| The PPR believe the proposed bill will give the nation protection from insurgent cults and activist sects, without impinging on the rights of Rutanian citizens to worship their chosen beliefs. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The state's intervention in the appointment of ministers of religion.
Old value:: The state does not intervene in the appointment of ministers of any religion whatsoever.
Current: The state does not intervene in the appointment of ministers of any religion whatsoever.
Proposed: The state nominates ministers of religion, but the appointment is left up to the religious communities themselves.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:54:26, September 11, 2009 CET | From | United Democrats | To | Debating the Appointment of religious ministers |
| Message | The NDP feel that while the motives behind this bill are just; this bill is an infringement on the rights of citizens to worship freely. We cannot support this bill as it stands. |
| Date | 23:28:13, September 11, 2009 CET | From | People's Party of Rutania | To | Debating the Appointment of religious ministers |
| Message | There is absolutely no infringement of the rights of citizens to worship freely. This bill is to protect the citizens that worship freely from militant leaders. Faith is a wonderful thing, but driven to violence, faith is a tragedy. |
| Date | 02:41:48, September 12, 2009 CET | From | Rutanian Heritage Party | To | Debating the Appointment of religious ministers |
| Message | This legislation is a disgraceful invasion of religion. The very notion that the federal government should play any role whatsoever in regulating the church - a vital institution of civil society - is distrubing, to see the least, and frightfully reminiscent of the policies of various Communist regimes in history. We strongly oppose. |
| Date | 04:15:49, September 14, 2009 CET | From | Revolutionary Workers Party | To | Debating the Appointment of religious ministers |
| Message | We of course regard this bill as top-down government infringement in people's private rights to worship, and thus oppose. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 223 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 82 |
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